Jazz Maynard is a trumpeter; he also hides a variety of skills best kept secret. It's these skills he uses when he discovers his long-lost sister is in the grip of New York sex traffickers. On a mission to rescue her and return her home, a labyrinth of trouble opens up beneath his feet, dropping him into a web of intrigue and danger that most men would not survive. Jazz Maynard is not most men.

Rescuing his sister from the sex trade proves more dangerous than Jazz Maynard anticipates, even with his deadly talents. Chasing her abductor through rooftops brings him face to face with a clan of silent, deadly monks who also have his target in their sites. Who are they and what is their involvement this hornets' nest Jazz just kicked? The answers will follow him back to Barcelona, and they won't make his life any easier . . .

Forced into a heist by a former friend turned local Mafia lieutenant, Jazz puts his thieving skills to good use, breaking into the home of a Romanian crime lord in search of a rare treasure. Little do they both know their own operation is being hit by a rival operation of cold-blooded assassins. New layers of the Barcelona underworld peel open like layers of dead skin . . .

Everybody's got a job to do in El Raval, especially among the criminally corrupt underworld. As Jazz wraps up the Double Eagle heist, new pawns are placed on the board with secret agendas that could upend the whole chessboard. It seems everyone's got a target on their back . . .

The mayor of Barcelona is dead, buried under a mountain of scandal, and the only ones who know the truth are trapped in the middle of a gang war raging through El Raval. Jazz, Teo, and Judas take to the streets to quell the violence with a little of their own . . .

It's all-out war as Jazz, Teo, Judas, and White confront the new Mayor and his army of assassins. Old sins are uncovered and new ones committed. Jazz chases down the only thing of personal interest: vengeance . . . The conclusion to the first major story arc, "The Barcelona Trilogy."

Forced into a job by the brutal Caligula, Teo falls into a deadly trap that almost costs him his life. The savage crime lord may be trying to fill the power void in El Raval, but his methods only manage to get Jazz worked up into a vengeful fury . . .

Rebuilding their lives in the aftermath of the recent drama, Jazz, Teo, and Laura enjoy a fleeting period of tranquility that is shattered by the arrival of one of Judas's rivals from the North. They are unwittingly dragged into a gang war directed from the cold nature of Iceland . . .

Part One of Blood, Jazz, and Tears, introducing origin elements by opening the curtains on Jazz's early days. Meanwhile, Jazz and Teo must navigate the Icelandic underworld filled with neo-Nazi nationalists who don't take too kindly to outsiders who don't fit the Aryan, Viking description . . .

Jazz and Teo are hot on the trail of the priceless Golden Eye, but the current owner is an Icelandic nationalist with no intention of giving it up willingly. When Teo follows a lead on his own, he finds himself in more hot water than he can handle. Part two of Blood, Jazz, and Tears.